'..1. Germany has some of the strictest gun laws in Europe2. Fourth-highest gun ownership rate worldwide3. One of the lowest rates of gun-related deaths worldwide4. Mass shootings have led to stricter gun laws5. No major mass shootings between 2009 and 2016

‘…Over the past 20 years, “crimes against life” - which include murder as well as negligent manslaughter - that involve guns have dropped from 783 in 1995 to 130 in 2015, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).

Of those crimes in 2015, just 57 were intentional murders.

This pales in comparison to the rates in the US, where firearm homicides surpass 11,000 people killed each year or roughly 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people, according to GunPolicy.org.

@jd gun ownership stat suggests that gun control laws might not need to impede "normal" access/number of guns. DE rate is ~30guns/100ppl, in line with many other developed with rural pop countries and probably a reasonable goal. US is 90/100, wild outlier.